Unjoyful
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not joyful; unhappy; joyless; sad.
"One night, nevertheless, in the splendour of one such scene, he sees himself suddenly apostrophised by a squalid unjoyful Figure, who has come in uninvited, nay despite of all lackeys ; an unjoyful Figure !"
Example
More examples"One night, nevertheless, in the splendour of one such scene, he sees himself suddenly apostrophised by a squalid unjoyful Figure, who has come in uninvited, nay despite of all lackeys ; an unjoyful Figure !"
Etymology
From un- + joyful.
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